Egg-carrier



(N6 Model.)

J. P. CLARK.- EGG CARRIER.

No. 268,624. Patented Dec. 5, 1882.

city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JOHN F. "CLARK, OF ST. LoUIs, MISSOURI.

EGG-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,624, dated December 5, 1882.

Application filed November 9,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN F. CLARK, of the invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Egg-Carriers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accom panyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a top perspective view with the two-part cover in place. Fig. 2 is a top View with one part of the cover or partition slid over the other part, and Fig. 3 is a view showing the carrier in knockdown or paekingposition.

My invention relates to an egg-carrier in which the cover or diaphragm is made in two pieces, which are secured to the cells in such a manner that they can be shifted from one side to the other, so that the eggs can be placed in the cells, and then be spread apart to cover the cells, and also form the bottom for the next carrier. When the cells are to be closed, as shown in Fig. 3, the diaphragm does not interfere therewith.

My invention consists in points of novelty, hereinafter fully-described, and pointed out in the claims,

Referring to thedrawin gs, A represents the cells, which are constructed in any Well-known manner, and B O the cover ordiaphragm which separates the different sets of cells. This diaphragm is made in two pieces, each of which, when spread out, covers about half of the cells. They are secured to the cells by means of a wire or string, F, preferably the former, which passes through holes D E therein, and is secured by its opposite ends to the sides of the carrier. (See Fig. 1.)

When a carrier is placed in a case to be filled with eggs one part of the diaphragm is slid over the other, as shown in Fig.2, which gives means for filling the exposed cells with eggs. Then both parts are slid over the filled cells, exposing the others, which can then be filled. The diaphragm is then spread out, as shown in Fig. 1, covering all the cells and forming a bottom for the next carrier. The wire or string preferably passes, after being made fast to one side of the carrier, under the outer part of the piece B, thence up through the hole D, thence over the inner part of the piece B, thence beneath the inner part of the piece 0, thencU through the hole E, thence over the outer part of the piece 0, and is then made fast by the other end to the other side of the carrier. (See Fig. 1.-) Thus the piece 0 can easily be slid over the part B or the part B beneath the part 0. When the cells are closed the diaphragm, the two parts having first been put together, as in Fig. 2, is turned over parallel with the sides of the cells, as shown in Fig.3, in convenient form for packing.

. I claim as my invention- 1. 111 an egg-carrier, the diaphragm made in two parts, and secured to the cells by a suitablewire or string secured to the sides of the carrier, and passing through holes in the parts to admit of the parts being shifted one over the other, for the purpose set forth.

2. In an egg-carrier, the combination of cells A, two-part diaphragm B G, with holes D E,- and connecting wire or string F, the wire or string being secured by its opposite ends to the sides of the carrier and passing through the holes in the diaphragm, substantially as shown and described, so that the part 0 can be slid over the part B, for the purposes set forth.

JOHN F. CLARK. Witnesses:

SAML. KNIGHT, G'Eo. H. KNIGHT. 

